2011 WNBA draft
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| 2011 WNBA draft | |
|---|---|
| File:2011 WNBA Draft.png | |
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date | April 11, 2011 |
| Location | Bristol, Connecticut |
| Networks | ESPN, NBATV, ESPNU |
| Overview | |
| League | WNBA |
| First selection | Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx |
The 2011 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011, at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The first round was shown on ESPN (HD), while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.
Draft lottery
[edit | edit source]The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2011 draft occurred on November 2, 2010. The Minnesota Lynx won the first pick, while the Tulsa Shock, Chicago Sky and Lynx were awarded the second, third and fourth picks respectively. The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss records in the previous season.
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2010 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
| Team | 2010 record |
Lottery chances |
Pick | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||||
| Tulsa Shock | 6–28 | 442 | .442 | .316 | .181 | .062 | |
| Minnesota Lynx | 13–21 | 276 | .276 | .310 | .270 | .144 | |
| Chicago Sky | 14–20 | 178 | .178 | .230 | .317 | .275 | |
| Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.) | 17–17 | 104 | .104 | .145 | .232 | .520 | |
| Shaded block denotes actual lottery result. | |||||||
Transactions
[edit | edit source]- March 11, 2010: Atlanta and San Antonio swap second-round picks as part of the Michelle Snow transaction.
- April 7, 2010: Connecticut receives a second-round pick from Tulsa as part of the Chante Black/Amber Holt transaction.
- April 8, 2010: Minnesota receives Connecticut's first-round pick and Tulsa's second-round pick from Connecticut as part of the Kelsey Griffin transaction.
- May 13, 2010: Chicago receives a second-round pick from Los Angeles as part of the Kristi Toliver transaction.
- May 27, 2010: Tulsa receives a second-round pick from Indiana as part of the Shavonte Zellous transaction.
- July 23, 2010: Tulsa receives a first-round pick from Phoenix as part of the Kara Braxton/Nicole Ohlde transaction.
Source[1]
Invited players
[edit | edit source]The WNBA announced on April 6, 2011, that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft.[2]
- United States Danielle Adams, Texas A&M
- United States Jessica Breland, North Carolina
- Australia Liz Cambage, Bulleen Boomers (Australia)
- United States Sydney Colson, Texas A&M
- United StatesVictoria Dunlap, Kentucky
- United States Amber Harris, Xavier
- United States Jantel Lavender, Ohio State
- United States Maya Moore, Connecticut
- United States Kayla Pedersen, Stanford
- United States Ta'Shia Phillips, Xavier
- United States Jeanette Pohlen, Stanford
- United States Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma
- United States Carolyn Swords, Boston College
- United States Jasmine Thomas, Duke
- United States Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
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Key
[edit | edit source]| ! | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| ^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |
| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team |
| + | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| # | Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs |
| Bold | Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year |
Draft selections
[edit | edit source]Round 1
[edit | edit source]| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maya Moore * ^ ! | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Minnesota Lynx | Connecticut |
| 2 | Liz Cambage * | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Tulsa Shock | Bulleen Boomers (Australia) |
| 3 | Courtney Vandersloot * | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Chicago Sky | Gonzaga |
| 4 | Amber Harris | Minnesota Lynx (from Connecticut) | Xavier | |
| 5 | Jantel Lavender + | Los Angeles Sparks | Ohio State | |
| 6 | Danielle Robinson * | San Antonio Silver Stars | Oklahoma | |
| 7 | Kayla Pedersen | Tulsa Shock (from Phoenix) | Stanford | |
| 8 | Ta'Shia Phillips (traded to Washington) | Atlanta Dream | Xavier | |
| 9 | Jeanette Pohlen | Indiana Fever | Stanford | |
| 10 | Alex Montgomery | New York Liberty | Georgia Tech | |
| 11 | Victoria Dunlap | Washington Mystics | Kentucky | |
| 12 | Jasmine Thomas + | Seattle Storm | Duke |
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Round 2
[edit | edit source]| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Jessica Breland + (traded to New York) | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Minnesota Lynx (from Tulsa via Connecticut) | North Carolina |
| 14 | Felicia Chester (traded to Atlanta) | Minnesota Lynx | DePaul | |
| 15 | Carolyn Swords | Chicago Sky | Boston College | |
| 16 | Sydney Colson (traded to New York) | Connecticut Sun | Texas A&M | |
| 17 | Angie Bjorklund | Chicago Sky (from Los Angeles) | Tennessee | |
| 18 | Rachel Jarry (traded to Minnesota) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Atlanta Dream (from San Antonio) | Bulleen Boomers (Australia) |
| 19 | Brittany Spears # | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Phoenix Mercury | Colorado |
| 20 | Danielle Adams + | San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atlanta) | Texas A&M | |
| 21 | Italee Lucas # | Tulsa Shock (from Indiana) | North Carolina | |
| 22 | Angel Robinson # (traded to Minnesota) | New York Liberty | Marquette | |
| 23 | Karima Christmas | Washington Mystics | Duke | |
| 24 | Ify Ibekwe | Seattle Storm | Arizona |
Round 3
[edit | edit source]| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Chastity Reed | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Tulsa Shock | Arkansas–Little Rock |
| 26 | Kachine Alexander # | Minnesota Lynx | Iowa | |
| 27 | Amy Jaeschke # | Chicago Sky | Northwestern | |
| 28 | Adrienne Johnson | Connecticut Sun | Louisiana Tech | |
| 29 | Elina Babkina (pick later voided) | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | Los Angeles Sparks | Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia (Poland) |
| 30 | Porsha Phillips | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | San Antonio Silver Stars | Georgia |
| 31 | Tahnee Robinson # (traded to Connecticut) | Phoenix Mercury | Nevada | |
| 32 | Kelsey Bolte # | Atlanta Dream | Iowa State | |
| 33 | Jori Davis # | Indiana Fever | Indiana | |
| 34 | Mekia Valentine # | New York Liberty | UC Santa Barbara | |
| 35 | Sara Krnjić # | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | Washington Mystics | Pécs 2010 (Hungary) |
| 36 | Krystal Thomas | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Seattle Storm | Duke |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2010.html 2010 WNBA Transactions
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